Isaiah 19:15

Nobody in Egypt can do anything, whoever they are—head or tail, palm tree or reed.

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In The King James Version

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

In Context

14The Lord has mixed up a spirit of confusion for them to drink, making the Egyptians stagger around in everything they do, like a drunk slipping up on his own vomit.

16At that time the Egyptians will become like women. They will shake with fear when the Lord Almighty raises his arm against them.

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:23There's profit in hard work, but just talking leads to poverty.

Isaiah 9:14So in just a single day the Lord will chop off Israel's head and tail, palm branch and reed.

Haggai 1:11I called for a drought on the land, on the hills, on the grain fields, on the vineyards, and on the olive groves—on whatever the earth produces—and on people and livestock, on everything you do!

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 19:2-18

The Doom of Egypt. ( b. c. 710.) 1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. 2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. 3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel… Read the whole commentary →

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